Gainesville, FL – For the fourth time in the last eight games, the Santa Fe Saints won by ten run mercy rule, this time 16-5 over Lake Sumter State College. SF (35-11, 18-5 MFC) swept the four game season series, outscoring the Lakehawks 45-12 in the process. With a win in the regular season finale at Daytona State College on Friday, the Saints would clinch their second straight Mid-Florida Conference championship.

The game was all Saints from the outset as they scored two in the second, three in the third, and two in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. The Lakehawks answered in the fourth, scoring four on SF starter Robert Girgis to trim the lead to 7-5.

The Saints bounced back with three in the fifth and a big four spot in the sixth to pull away. Two more in the seventh made it an 11 run game and a shutout inning in the bottom of the seventh by reliever Mitch Campion ended the game early.

Goebel led the Saints going 3-for-5 with a homerun, two doubles, two runs, and three RBI. Hernandez was 3-for-5 with a homerun, three runs, and three RBI, Kyle Phillips went 3-for-4 with a homerun, two runs, and two RBI, Dillon Reed was 3-for-4 with a homerun, three runs, and three RBI, and Leo Rodriguez had a pair of hits and knocked in two.

The final regular season game of the season will take place on Friday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. at Daytona State College. Follow live stats here.